Family: Asteraceae
Scientific Name: Echinacea tennesseensis
Common Name: Tennessee Coneflower
Description | A southeastern native cousin to the more common Purple Coneflower. |
Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
Hardiness Zone | 5 |
Sunlight | full to part sun |
Moisture | average to moist |
Soil & Site | average, never wet feet |
Flowers | daisy-like, slightly up turned rosy-purple petals, purple rays and coppery-orange center cones with a green tinge |
Dimensions | It is not as agressive as the other Coneflowers. Reaches 2 1/2 feet tall with a spread of 2 feet. |
Propagation | seeds, division |
Native Site | A U.S. native plant, only known to exist naturally on certain glades near Nashville, Tennessee, and is on the Federal Endangered Species. |
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